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Nino Migliori — Il Tuffatore (The Diver)
Nino Migliori — Il Tuffatore (The Diver)
Nino Migliori

Il Tuffatore (The Diver)

1951

This iconic photograph captures a moment of dynamic action set against quiet contemplation along the Italian coast. A male figure is frozen in a perfect horizontal dive above the water, his athletic body fully extended, while below him another young man sits pensively on a rocky pier. The powerful contrast between movement and stillness is rendered with exceptional tonal depth and compositional mastery. A celebrated example of postwar Italian photography, this work exemplifies Migliori's gift for transforming fleeting moments into enduring poetic images.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Notes

Lot 35 at Phillips auction. Estimate: $10,000 to $15,000 USD. Property from the Collection of Alan Siegel. The photograph is displayed framed in what appears to be a metal or silver-toned frame as seen in the installation view.

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Nino Migliori, Il Tuffatore (The Diver), 1951

This iconic photograph captures a moment of dynamic action set against quiet contemplation along the Italian coast. A male figure is frozen in a perfect horizontal dive above the water, his athletic body fully extended, while below him another young man sits pensively on a rocky pier. The powerful contrast between movement and stillness is rendered with exceptional tonal depth and compositional mastery. A celebrated example of postwar Italian photography, this work exemplifies Migliori's gift for transforming fleeting moments into enduring poetic images.

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Year
1951
Seen at
Phillips

Related themes

20th-Century Art, Monochrome, Diving, Photography, 20th Century, Neorealism, Water, Italian, Italian Art, Humanism, Postwar, Figurative, Black and White

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